On stage, the Polyphony team talked about the advances that the PS4 offers to allow them to continue to improve the graphics, physics and sound to deliver the most realistic driving simulator to date. But with GT Sport they’re looking to deliver more than that; to deliver a revolution in the way that people experience driving games, a figurative “rebirth” of motorsports.

FIA Gran Turismo ChampionshipsIn Gran Turismo Sport, there will be two online championships officially sanctioned by the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) running simultaneously. In the Nations Cup, players will be able represent their home country. Whilst in the Manufacturers Cup, players will be driving on behalf of their favorite car manufacturer.

Players will not only be able to race as drivers themselves, they’ll also be able to root for their home country or their favorite manufacturers teams.

The winner of the championship will be awarded at the FIA prize giving ceremony, alongside real life motorsports champions. This will be a historic moment, the first time a video game will officially be recognised as part of the real motoring world.

FIA PartnershipWorking alongside the historic FIA, to develop a game that continues to be more realistic and authentic, the online racing championships promise to offer something new for players.

But it’s not just about online racing; the GT teams have continued to build on the games legacy of accessibility to ensure that the game is open to all to enjoy.

With the beta expected to begin in Spring 2016, it won’t be long before players can experience all GT has to offer on the power of the PS4.

Yea I was wondering about all that too. Hope it’s a full game and an actual sequel, although it doesn’t say GT7.. Anyway, excited to finally get to play it this generation. Missed the series on Vita too..

Sorry your old wheel made for a completely different platform didn’t foresee how to be compatible with a system that wasn’t even out at the time. At least new wheels are finally coming on the market that support PS3, PS4 and PC

I just really hope this is GT7 and not just some online only spinoff. It would be great to see what the PS4 can really do kinda like GT5 Prologue did at the beginning of PS3 but for me GT has always been about the cars themselves and not about online social interactions and making an online only game would be really devastating for GT considering their most recent competition is Forza 6. Too many game developers are going all out on online only entries which really sucks (mostly cause I don’t want to start paying for Playstation Plus anytime soon, smh Sony) and I truly believed poliphony was better than that, especially for a company that never relied on quick cash grab DLC.

The statement about this being the first time a game is recognised by a real world governing body isn’t actually true the MSA of great Britain are recognise TORA as a real motorsport that uses forza motorsport

I hope they ditch sequels to gran turismo altogether and just make this single game a continuous evolving game.They kept on pushing patches and content update, many free and some premium, for the previous two titles – so I would love it if they did the same with this new title.

The past games always used ‘legacy’ models and texture to bring a huge amount of cars – and they can do that for this game as well. Allow cross-buy for any premium GT5/6 stuff we paid for and just keep updating & tweaking this title until the PS5 is out, then have this game ported & repackaged for it on launch day and continue tweaking and improving it – as well as updating the most popular car models to match the power boost of a new console – all while also pushing premium content to make this a continuously evolving game and by definition the biggest car game ever.